Located along the Indiana state line, Governor Bebb MetroPark was established in 1961 as the fourth park in the MetroParks of Butler County park system. The park began as a 10-acre parcel and has evolved into a 269-acre local outdoor destination over the last 60 years. Visitors can enjoy quiet wooded trails, explore the park's iconic Pioneer Village, or wander through Dry Fork Creek, a tributary of the Great Miami River. Pioneer Village is a collection of historic log houses and buildings relocated into the park beginning in 1959, representing what an early 19th century Ohio settlement looked like. The park also includes Dry Fork Campground. American kestrels, small birds of prey about the size of a robin, can hover in place while looking for a meal by flying into the wind and matching its speed. Bobcats, native to Ohio and members of the Felidae family, are about twice the size of a house cat and have a short or bobbed tail; although they were extirpated from the state in the 1800s, populations are recovering in eastern and southern Ohio.